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enWashington University scientists join project to give prosthetics the sense of touch http://news.stlpublicradio.org/post/washington-university-scientists-join-project-give-prosthetics-sense-touch
<p>Scientists at Washington University have been awarded just under $1.9 million to test a device that could help people with prosthetic hands feel what they are touching. The funding is part of a larger <a href="http://www.darpa.mil/NewsEvents/Releases/2015/02/08.aspx" target="_blank">project sponsored by the U.S. Defense Department</a>.</p><p>Over the next three years biomedical engineering professor Dan Moran and hi<span style="line-height: 1.5;">s team will use the grant funding to test the device in macaque monkeys. If all goes well the device would then be tested on humans in clinical trials.</span></p><p>Mon, 18 May 2015 00:52:56 +0000Camille Phillips45898 at http://news.stlpublicradio.orgWashington University scientists join project to give prosthetics the sense of touch New Ultrafast Camera Invented At Washington University Could Help Turn Science Fiction Into Realityhttp://news.stlpublicradio.org/post/new-ultrafast-camera-invented-washington-university-could-help-turn-science-fiction-reality
<p>What if we could design a camera that could take a hundred billion pictures in a second ― enough to record the fastest phenomena in the universe.</p><p>Sounds like science fiction, right?</p><p>But it’s not: a new ultrafast imaging system developed at Washington University can do just that.</p><p></p>Mon, 05 Jan 2015 04:31:38 +0000Véronique LaCapra42290 at http://news.stlpublicradio.orgNew Ultrafast Camera Invented At Washington University Could Help Turn Science Fiction Into RealityWash U, U of I Scientists Use 3-D Printer To Help Create Prototype Next-Gen Pacemakerhttp://news.stlpublicradio.org/post/wash-u-u-i-scientists-use-3-d-printer-help-create-prototype-next-gen-pacemaker
<p>Researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and Washington University in St. Louis have developed a new device that may one day help prevent heart attacks.</p><p>Unlike existing <a href="http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/health-topics/topics/pace/" target="_blank">pacemakers</a> and <a href="https://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/health-topics/topics/icd/" target="_blank">implantable defibrillators</a> that are one-size-fits-all, the new device is a thin, elastic membrane designed to stretch over the heart like a custom-made glove.</p>Tue, 25 Feb 2014 16:00:01 +0000Véronique LaCapra33957 at http://news.stlpublicradio.orgWash U, U of I Scientists Use 3-D Printer To Help Create Prototype Next-Gen Pacemaker